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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

March 31, 20067 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this high wind warning at Mar 31, 2006, 2:36 PM EST for 7 counties in Indiana; Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2006, 2:36 PM EST (19:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2006, 8:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Cass County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Starke County, IN, White County, IN, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 5:46 PM ESTHAIL 0.884 Se Walton, IN
Mar 31, 5:46 PM ESTHAIL 18 Sw Peru, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KIWX 311936
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
236 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
TODAY AS A COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL CAUSE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>079-010100-
/O.UPG.KIWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KIWX.HW.W.0002.060331T1936Z-060401T0100Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
136 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 /236 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH WERE REPORTED AT GARY INDIANA AND MICHIGAN
CITY INDIANA. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE EAST
INTO THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR GREATER OCCUR AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER
LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE LIKELY AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD
USE EXTREME CAUTION.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KIWX 010054
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
754 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INZ003>005-012>016-020-022-MIZ077>079-010200-
/O.EXP.KIWX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-
KOSCIUSKO-WHITE-CASS IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...NILES...
BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS
654 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 /754 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006/

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST /7 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 4:18 AM ESTWind AdvisoryIWXCass, Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Pulaski, Starke and 1 more10 hr
Mar 31, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami33 min
Mar 31, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash26 min
Mar 31, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant44 min
Mar 31, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington27 min
Mar 31, 6:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant55 min
Mar 31, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells33 min
Mar 31, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBranch34 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Indiana, 2006High Wind Warnings in Michigan, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.